Goethe Institut Movies

  • 2023
    Overcoming

    Overcoming

    Overcoming

    02023HD

    On the 20th anniversary of the opening of crossing points, OVERCOMING tells the inspiring story of Cypriot women, queers, and antimilitarist cismen...

    Overcoming
  • 2009
    The Invisible Frame

    The Invisible Frame

    The Invisible Frame

    6.92009HD

    In 1988 Cynthia Beatt and the young Tilda Swinton embarked on a filmic journey along the Berlin Wall into little-known territory. The film CYCLING...

    The Invisible Frame
  • 2006
    Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen: Der Italowestern

    Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen: Der Italowestern

    Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen: Der Italowestern

    6.62006HD

    The beginnings, development and decline of so-called spaghetti-western genre; with clips, interviews and opinions of producers, actors and directors....

    Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen: Der Italowestern
  • 2008
    Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte

    Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte

    Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte

    6.32008HD

    This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German...

    Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
  • 1970
    How Are You?

    How Are You?

    How Are You?

    01970HD

    Love, anger, despair. All strong emotions. What happens when your love abandons you all of a sudden? Tina and Roy are a married couple. Tina's life...

    How Are You?
  • 2012
    Crackle of Time: Christoph Schlingensief and his Opera Village in Burkina Faso

    Crackle of Time: Christoph Schlingensief and his Opera Village in Burkina Faso

    Crackle of Time: Christoph Schlingensief and his Opera Village in Burkina Faso

    72012HD

    Crackle of Time: Christoph Schlingensief and his Opera Village in Burkina Faso
  • 1991
    Ynang-Bayan: To Be a Woman Is to Live at a Time of War

    Ynang-Bayan: To Be a Woman Is to Live at a Time of War

    Ynang-Bayan: To Be a Woman Is to Live at a Time of War

    01991HD

    A documentary film, which focuses on the subject of women’s movement in the Philippines. Myth and legend overlap with history and politics as...

    Ynang-Bayan: To Be a Woman Is to Live at a Time of War
  • 2016
    Letters from Athens

    Letters from Athens

    Letters from Athens

    02016HD

    With the German Occupation in Greece (1941-1944) as a background, this film tells the love story between my father, an assistant professor at the...

    Letters from Athens
  • 2007
    The Multiplication Table

    The Multiplication Table

    The Multiplication Table

    02007HD

    A girl and a boy of eight and nine years old live in a lost village in the steppes. The school is four kilometers off-road. The boy's daddy dreams of...

    The Multiplication Table
  • 1986
    Lizard, or How to Perform in Front of the Reptile

    Lizard, or How to Perform in Front of the Reptile

    Lizard, or How to Perform in Front of the Reptile

    01986HD

    A restless lizard and a man move faster and faster to a punk beat.

    Lizard, or How to Perform in Front of the Reptile
  • 2018
    E se Cale

    E se Cale

    E se Cale

    02018HD

    The young poet Cristal Rocha, winner of the Slam Brasil 2017 circuit, reflects on what Censorship means for the Brazilian peripheral black population.

    E se Cale
  • 2018
    For Susan

    For Susan

    For Susan

    02018HD

    For Susan explores the idea of dignity. Inspired by the director’s grandmother’s notebooks, it finds pleasure in activities hidden or...

    For Susan
  • 2018
    Cut it out - Mischa Leinkauf

    Cut it out - Mischa Leinkauf

    Cut it out - Mischa Leinkauf

    02018HD

    Cut it out - Mischa Leinkauf
  • 2008
    A Human Request

    A Human Request

    A Human Request

    02008HD

    In 1948, the first Universal Declaration of Human Rights was passed by the UN. Central point: The president’s widow and head of the commission,...

    A Human Request
  • 2004
    Der Maler und Filmemacher Jürgen Böttcher Strawalde

    Der Maler und Filmemacher Jürgen Böttcher Strawalde

    Der Maler und Filmemacher Jürgen Böttcher Strawalde

    02004HD

    Der Maler und Filmemacher Jürgen Böttcher Strawalde